| 单词 | sheathbill |
| 释义 | sheathbill[ sheeth-bil ] / ˈʃiθˌbɪl / nouneither of two white sea birds, Chionis alba or C. minor, of the colder parts of the Southern Hemisphere: so called from the horny sheath covering the base of the upper bill. Origin of sheathbillFirst recorded in 1775–85; sheath + bill2 Words nearby sheathbillshearwater, shear wave, shear zone, sheatfish, sheath, sheathbill, sheathe, sheathing, sheath knife, sheath of eyeball, sheath of Schwann Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sheathbill
British Dictionary definitions for sheathbillsheathbill / (ˈʃiːθˌbɪl) / nouneither of two pigeon-like shore birds, Chionis alba or C. minor, of antarctic and subantarctic regions, constituting the family Chionididae: order Charadriiformes. They have a white plumage and a horny sheath at the base of the bill Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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